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IIRC the story went one had to buy two Jaguars, because one could be guaranteed to need fixing.

Death traps on wheels.

Only in America and oil-producing countries. It has always been expensive in Europe.

Ford had the Taurus under that name in Australia. The Taunus was marketed under the names Cortina and Meteor. Performance was far from meteoric. See the difference?

Both have been by PM.

Canada, Greenland, and now Cuba. Are you a closet neo-imperialist? The USA is completely polarised - 50% for Trump, 50% against. Why do you want to put more monkey blood in the duck soup?

I have had two death threats. The posters responsible were banned. I am somewhat bewildered by people who can get so worked up about a topic they would actually threaten to kill someone. They have to have some serious mental issues.

I never owned one of these, out of my league financially. The dealerships probably advertised it on the basis of how many chicks it could pull in a month. IMO still the most beautiful car ever made - the E-Type Jaguar.

Easy enough to wreck an FX, the brakes, steering and suspension conspired to stomp on anyone who pushed it too hard.

At 6 feet tall, I would have found activity in a Mini impossible. IIRC, enthusiasts used to claim it was impossible to induce a Mini to spin. For its time, the Cooper Mini was quite a good race car.

One unkind critic said the Taurus looked like a car that had melted in the sun. He may have been talking about a more recent model.

How many Greenlanders do we have on TV, and what makes you think they will be representative? Geez, talk about rambling on.....

IIRC you followed closely.

I suppose America could always print more dollars to buy it. What do you do if the Greenlanders don't want to be bought?

IIRC GG was rambling on about the choice between the USA and China taking over Greenland. Greenland is the thread subject, yes?

I always liked the look of the Studebaker Hawk. The Studebaker Lark (4.7 litre V8 ) sedan was the police pursuit car in Victoria in the early sixties.

Is that why you chose the nom-de-plume giddyup?

I don't know, and neither do you.

Where did the refueling take place? Where did the tanker supplying the fuel get its fuel from? The hypothetical scenario of a Chinese aircraft carrier refueling in the North Atlantic, with both carrier and tanker being unmolested in time of war - that's about as fanciful as it gets. America or India could interdict passage through the Straits of Malacca without breaking a sweat. Why do you think Diego Garcia bans civilians? Nearly all China's raw materials come via that route. Simple logistics.

Aircraft carriers do not sail alone. They have a flotilla of accompanying ships with the sole purpose of protecting them. Admittedly drone warfare in Ukraine has many military strategists hastily revising some assumptions.

I would agree vaccination is unnecessary for a kid who has already had COVID, the conferred immunity is probably better than a vaccine anyway. The only people who determine what I can say on ASEAN are moderators. AFAIK you are not one of them.

IIRC polio, tetanus - all the usual shots. COVID was not around when my son was a kid. If it had been, yes.

Maybe you have not noticed aircraft carriers are BIG. They usually store enough food and fuel to last for 3-6 months at sea.

Rambling, no. Old, yes. Fool - I don't care what your opinion is.

They'd be sitting ducks for any aircraft, coming from an aircraft carrier.